If I Had a Hammer (Hammer Song) by Pete Seeger Song Details

On January 1, 1956, the song "If I Had a Hammer (Hammer Song)" was released by Pete Seeger. With This song being less than two minutes long, at 1:55, we are fairly confident that this song is not explicit and is safe for all ages. Based on the duration of this song, this song duration is much smaller than the average song duration. The track order of this song in Pete Seeger's "Love Songs for Friends and Foes" album is number 18 out of 21. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. If I Had a Hammer (Hammer Song) is below average in popularity right now. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of If I Had a Hammer (Hammer Song) by Pete Seeger to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 81 BPM, a half-time of 40BPM, and a double-time of 162 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of C Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 8B. So, the perfect camelot match for 8B would be either 8B or 9A. While, 9B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 5B and a high energy boost can either be 10B or 3B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 8A or 7B will give you a low energy drop, 11B would be a moderate one, and 6B or 1B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 5A allows you to change the mood.

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